San Jose, Calif. -- Cisco, the San Jose-based network equipment giant, said on Wednesday it will acquire Pasadena-based Metacloud, which operates private clouds for clients. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close by the end of October, were not disclosed, with all Metacloud employees joining Cisco's Cloud Infrastructure and Managed Services organization. Cisco said the acquisition will accelerate its strategy to build what it calls "the world's largest global Intercloud," a network of clouds. "We believe Metacloud's technology will play a critical role in enabling our customers to experience a seamless journey to a new world of many clouds," said Hilton Romanski, Cisco's senior vice president of corporate development. http://www.cisco.comhttp://www.metacloud.com/ http://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1489587 _____________________________________________

oPalo Alto-Based Accel Partners Increases Investment in LightSpeed

Palo Alto, Calif. -- Accel Partners, the Palo Alto-based venture capital firm, said on Wednesday it has increased its investment in Montreal-based LightSpeed, developer of a commerce platform for retailers, as part of the company's new $35 million round. iNovia Capital led the company's second round, which increased its total funding to $65 million. LightSpeed's platform is currently used by approximately 20,000 retailers, including Adidas, Harman, Leica and DASH. The company now processes more than $7.5 billion in annual transactions. "This investment will help us continue to scale our reach and break into new verticals and geographies," said CEO Dax Dasilva. LightSpeed also announced plans for LightSpeed Payments, a new payments platform debuting this fall in partnership with Element Payment Services.http://www.accel.comhttp://www.lightspeedretail.com/ http://www.lightspeedretail.com/lightspeed-closes-35-million-in-funding-to-fuel-expansion/ _____________________________________________

oSan Francisco-Based Switchfly Names Graham Blankenbaker as CTO

San Francisco -- Switchfly, the San Francisco-based developer of a platform that powers shopping and loyalty redemption services for brands across airlines, hotels, financial services and e-commerce, on Wednesday named Graham Blankenbaker as its CTO. Blankenbaker most recently served as a division CTO at TIBCO Software, where he led product strategy, technical direction and engineering for the company's cloud applications group. He also previously held roles with Loyalty Lab, Six Apart and United BioSource. Founded in 2003, Switchfly boasts a client roster that includes American Airlines, JetBlue, Lufthansa Miles & More, United MileagePlus, InterContinental Hotels Group, Starwood Hotels, Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Groupon. http://www.switchfly.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140917005135/en/Graham-Blankenbaker-Announced-Chief-Technology-Officer-Switchfly#.VBmPWZRdXng _____________________________________________

oThiel Foundation Opens Applications for Fellowship Program

San Francisco -- The Thiel Foundation, a San Francisco-based non-profit founded by Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, on Wednesday opens applications for its 2015 class of Thiel Fellows. The program awards $100,000 grants to 20 young entrepreneurs, so they can take a hiatus from school in favor of a two-year fellowship to pursue the creation of startups, technologies and nonprofits. "We're offering young people freedom," said Jonathan Cain, president of the Thiel Foundation. "Freedom to pursue ideas they find meaningful instead of mandatory. Freedom to take big risks instead of big debt. Freedom, essentially, to write their own futures." Since the program began in 2011, more than 80 winners of the award have pursued projects in areas such as network security, app development, neural networks, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cryptocurrency, open-source technology, 3D printing, mobile health, alternative energy, public health, education, finance, gaming, data streaming and cloud storage. The final deadline for application submission is Jan. 15.http://www.thielfellowship.org/ _____________________________________________

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